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SEAL LOCK.

No. 372,653. Patented Nov. 8, 1887.

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OLAUDIUS V. BOUGI'ITON, OF BUFFALO, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE BUFFALOSEAL AND PRESS.

SEAL- COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

LOCK.

SPECIFEC'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,653, elatedNovember 8I 1887.

Application tiled January 2G. 1887. Serial No. $25,503. (Model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.a

Be it known that I, GLAUDiUs V. Bouca- 'roN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SealLocks;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same. reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

y invention relates to that class of seallocks in which the lockingmechanism is covered by card board or other easily-destructiblematerial, the breaking or destroying of which is necessary in order toseparate the locked parts.

It is my object to provide a seal-lock which is not only applicable tosealing the doors of ears, but can be applied equally as well toilexible bags containing money, mail, or other valuables.

lVith this object in view my invention consists, essentially, of aback-recessed plate containing spring-pressed pivoted catch-plates, anda front plate with oblong openings and provided at its sides withnotched spurs `adapted to enter sockets in the rear plate and engagewith the spring pressed pivoted catches to lock the two plates together.Between these two plates and over the locking mechanism is placed thecard, upon which the necessary inscriptions are so placed as to showthrough the oblong openings in the front plate. A strip of very thinmetal, preferably brass, is placed through the lock or around the bag,and its doubled ends pass down between the card and rear plate, beingsecured in such po sition against removal by pins upon one plate, whichpass through the metallic strip and enter sockets in the other plate.

I will now proceed to describe definitely the approved manner in which Ipropose earrying out my invention.

In the drawings, Figure l shows my improved seal-loek applied to amoney-bag. Fig. 2 shows rear plate with its locking mechanism. Fig. 3 isan end view of the front plate. Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken in theline x x of Fig. l, and Fig. 5 is a view of the inscribed card.

Referring to the drawings, a is the rear plate of the lock7 preferablysquare, and recessed or cut out upon one of its faces to make room forthe lockiu'g mechanism. Within this recess a' is arranged the catchplates b b, each pivoted at b, and having the inward extensions bz b'2lapping beyond each other, with a narrow space between them to allow ofthe insertion of a key or other device, by means of which they can beturned in opposite directions in unlocking the seal, as will behereinafter explained.

c c are springs having one of their ends embedded in the plate (t, theother ends resting against the catch-plates b b. W'ith the aid of therigid pins c c, located behind the springs, these springs c c hold thecatch-plates I) b in the normal position shown in Fig. 2, their edgesresting loosely under the projections a CL2, extending outover therecess a.

d d are sockets in the sides of the plate a, adapted for the receptionof the notched spurs ofthe front plate. d d are similar but smallersockets in the plate a, adapted for the reception of pins upon the frontplate, and d d2 are small pins or spurs which pass through and hold thecard.

e is the front plate of the lock, having the oblong openings c', formedby the cross-bars e?. Centrally arranged upon the under side of thisplate at its sides are the beveled spurs c, provided with the insidenotches, e, these notched spurs being adapted for engagement with thesockets d d of the plate e.

ci e5 are pins upon the underside of the plate e, adapted for engagementwith the small sockets d d of the plate c.

fis the card adapted to be placed between the plates a and e, the spacesf being properly inscribed and adapted to show through the openings e inthe plate e.

fzj'Z are notches in the sides of the card, in 95 which the spurs e e3rest and prevent the card from being moved from its position.

g is the strip, made of very thin sheet brass, which I employ with myimproved seal-lock.

rllhe operation of adjusting the various parts just described andlocking the two plates to- IOO gether is substantially as follows: Asshown in Fig. 1, the strip g is applied as securing the mouth of .amoney-bag, it being threaded through slits in the bag, as shown. Theloose ends are held together, andin that position are placed upon therear plate, a, in a line with and covering the small sockets d d', asshown in dotted lines in Fig. l. The card f, preferably of stiff paper,is neXt placed in a central position upon the plate e andsover the endsof the strip g. Upon these is placed the plate e, which is pressed downthereon, the pins e5 puneturing the ends of the strip g, the pins d d2puncturing the card, and the notched spurs entering the sockets d d ofthe plate c. As the spurs e3 enter, their beveled ends -push aside thespring catch-plates Z1 b until the notches ek e4 in the spurs reach theplates b b when their s ide edges are sprng into the notches by the aidof the springs c c, thus effectually looking the two plates togetherwith the card and stri p securely held between them. The plate e canonly be disengaged from the plate a by moving the catch-plates b b outof engagement with theA notched spurs c of plate e. This could beeffected by applying pressure through the card f against the edges b b3,provided they were accessible; but it will be observed by reference toFig. 2 that the bars e2 e" of plate e (shown in dotted lines) coverthese edges b3 b* when the two plates are locked, thus effectuallypreventing tampering with the lock at these points. The only other wayof unlocking the plates is by cutting away the card and the ends 1. Aseal-lock comprising a rear plate hav.- 45 ing arecessed and socketedinner face, springheld catch-plates having pivotal bearing Within saidrear plate and adapted to extend partly across the adjacent sockets insaid rear plate, said catch-plates having at their inner edges 5o'overlappingdiseonneeted extensions, ametallic strip or seal, anaddress-Card having notched vedges and resting upon the rear plate, afront plate having a slotted face to permit of the exposure of theaddress onthe address-card, .and 5 5 depending spurs adapted,respectively, to grip the metallic strip and card and to engage thepivoted catehplates, substantially as set forth.

2. A seal-lock consisting ofthe rear plate, a, recessed'at a and havingthe sockets d d and 6o d d in its sides, and the spring-pressedcatchplates b b2 and b b2, pivoted within said recessed portion, and thefront plate, e, with recesses e e e and cross-bars e2 e2, the notchedspurs c3 c4 and e3 et, and the pins orspurs c5, the two 65 platesadapted, as shown, to lock between them the metallic strip g and thecard f, substantially as shown and described.

3. A seal-lock consisting of the rear plate, a, recessed at a and havingthe sockets d d and 7o d d in its sides, and the spring-pressedcatchplates b b" and b b2, pivoted within said recessed portion withtheir' edges extending under the projections a2 a2, and the front plate,e,with recesses e e e and cross-bars e2 e2, the notched 75 spurs e* eALand ei' e, and the pins or spurs ef", the two plates adapted, as shown,to lock between them the metallic strip g and the card f, with the sidenotches, ff, substantially as shown and described. 8o

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.`

oLAUDiUs v. 'BoUGHTon Vitnesses:

OTTO HODDIOK, W. T. MILLER.

